Cobble Hill // BC
CLIENT REQUIREMENTS
Client Needs:
The Fisher Road Recycling facility is a compact site with neighbors close on its property boundaries. The existing compost facility uses an older European made In-Vessel system for primary composting, followed by an ASP inside of a building for secondary composting. Curing is done outside in a separate ASP. In order for the facility to expand the permits required all primary and secondary composting be processed inside of a building, either In-Vessel or In-Building as before.
ECS Solution:
Fisher Road Recycling worked with ECS and quickly determined that using In-Building ASP for both primary and secondary composting would be both a better and less expensive process option. ECS designed a high aeration rate primary process that includes six (6) bunker-wall zones where PFRP and stabilization is achieved. The compost is then moved to secondary composting via front end-loaders to sixteen (16) secondary zones in a mass-bed configuration. Primary and secondary aeration is positive, both using ECS Low Friction Trench aeration floors and processed inside of a fabric covered building. Negative ventilation fans remove building air and run it through an ECS designed biofilter.
FACILITY DETAILS
Capacity (tpy)
30,000
Feedstocks
Food Waste, Yard Waste
ECS Technologies Employed
Bio-Layer Covered Aerated Static Pile (CASP) System Inside a Building
CompTroller Automated Control & Monitoring System
Positive Aeration System
Low Friction Trench Aeration Floor
Biofilter
Start-Up Year
Phase II: 2017
Location
Cobble Hill, BC, Canada